Boris Becker beat Goran Ivanisevic 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(4) in the Stockholm final, 1994 on carpet
It was Becker's 4th and last title at the event and he defeated the top 3 ranked players in the world in winning it (#3 Michael Stich in the quarters, #1 Sampras in the semis and #2 Ivanisevic). Ivanisevic had beaten Becker in the Wimbledon semis earlier in the year
Becker won 133 points, Ivanisevic 117
Both players serve-volleyed off all first serves. Becker serve-volleyed off all but 8 second serves, Ivanisevic 1
Serve Stats
Becker...
- 1st serve percentage (66/116) 57%
- 1st serve points won (59/66) 89%
- 2nd serve points won (30/50) 60%
- Aces 22 (2 second serves)
- Double Faults 8
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (52/116) 45%
Ivanisevic...
- 1st serve percentage (74/134) 55%
- 1st serve points won (59/74) 80%
- 2nd serve points won (31/60) 52%
- Aces 21 (2 second serves), Service Winners 4
- Double Faults 10
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (61/134) 46%
Serve Patterns
Becker served...
- to FH 42%
- to BH 51%
- to Body 7%
Ivanisevic served...
- to FH 40%
- to BH 51%
- to Body 9%
Return Stats
Becker made...
- 63 (30 FH, 33 BH), including 2 runaround FHs
- 3 Winners (3 BH)
- 36 Errors, all forced...
- 36 Forced (15 FH, 21 BH), including 1 runaround FH
- Return Rate (63/124) 51%
Ivanisevic made...
- 56 (20 FH, 36 BH)
- 3 Winners (1 FH, 2 BH)
- 30 Errors, comprising...
- 1 Unforced (1 BH)
- 29 Forced (11 FH, 17 BH, 1 Behind Back)
- Return Rate (56/108) 52%
Break Points
Becker 2/7 (6 games)
Ivanisevic 1/4 (2 games)
Winners (including returns, excluding serves)
Becker 30 (7 FH, 6 BH, 9 FHV, 7 BHV, 1 OH)
Ivanisevic 30 (4 FH, 7 BH, 4 FHV, 11 BHV, 4 OH)
Becker had 19 from serve-volley points
- 8 first 'volleys' (4 FHV, 2 OH, 2 FH at net)
- 9 second volleys (4 FHV, 4 BHV, 1 OH)
- 2 third volleys (1 FHV, 1 BHV)... the BHV has been included on a shot that most likely bounced twice before opponent hit a FH error
- FHs (all passes) - 1 cc, 1 dtl, 2 inside-out (1 at net) and 1 inside-in/cc
- BHs (all passes) - 3 cc (1 return, 1 net chord clipper) and 3 dtl (2 returns)
Ivanisevic had 20 from serve-volley points
- 10 first 'volleys' (3 FHV, 5 BHV, 1 OH, 1 BH at net)... the BH at net was a net chord dribbling drop shot
- 8 second 'volleys' (1 FHV, 4 BHV, 2 OH, 1 FH at net)... the FH at net was a running-down-drop shot
- 1 third volley (1 BHV)
- 1 fourth volley (1 OH)
- FH passes - 2 inside-out (1 return)
- regular FH - 1 cc
- BH passes - 3 cc, 1 dtl/inside-out and 1 inside-in return
- regular BH - 1 cc return
Errors (excluding serves and returns)
Becker 18
- 5 Unforced (2 BH, 1 FHV, 2 BHV)
- 13 Forced (8 BH, 3 FHV, 1 FH1/2V, 1 BHV)... with 1 BH running-down-drop-shot at net
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 46
Ivanisevic 41
- 17 Unforced (4 FH, 3 BH, 6 FHV, 3 BHV, 1 OH)... with 1 FH pass attempt, 2 FH at net & 1 BH at net
- 24 Forced (11 FH, 4 BH, 1 FH1/2V, 7 BHV, 1 BH1/2V)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 52.9
(Note 1: All 1/2 volleys refer to such shots played at net. 1/2 volleys played from other parts of the court are included within relevant groundstroke numbers)
(Note 2: the Unforced Error Forcefulness Index is an indicator of how aggressive the average UE was. The numbers presented for these two matches are keyed on 4 categories - 20 defensive, 40 neutral, 50 attacking and 60 winner attempt)
Net Points & Serve-Volley
Becker was...
- 65/84 (77%) at net, including...
- 63/78 (81%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 39/46 (85%) off 1st serve and...
- 24/32 (75%) off 2nd serve
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- 0/1 forced back
Ivanisevic was...
- 66/102 (65%) at net, including...
- 65/99 (66%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 36/51 (71%) off 1st serve and...
- 29/48 (60%) off 2nd serve
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- 1/2 forced back/retreated
Match Report
Fast court and overwhelming bulk of match is about humongous serving by both players, supported by virtually 100% serve-volleying that leaves returner with next to no chance. Since both players do it, it largely cancels out. What little play that leaves - mostly easy volleys and very difficult passing chances - Becker is significantly better at (as much for Ivanisevic being not good as Becker being particularly good) and he's maybe shades matters on return too
Both players serve-volley off all first serves. Goran stays back of just 1 second serve (a point he loses), Becker does so 8 times, winning 4. Not that it matters much - he's serve-volleys off 80% second serve points - but why? he's winning 75% serve-volleying (not counting the 2 aces), whereas staying back, point is more in the air. Goran whacks a BH cc return winner on 1 such point and comes to net to pummel away a BHV winner on another. Boris serve-volleys off all second serves on grass unless he has obvious reasons not too... these conditions and the way play goes isn't any different
131/250 or 52.4% of all points are unreturned serves and double faults, divided about equally between the two on both fronts. Both players numbers are all credit to the server... nobody could return much against serving of the sort they both dish out. 18 double faults is high too but its a good bargain for all the cheap unreturned points
With that many unreturned serves, everything else is relegated to back-burner and unlikely to lead break making superiority. Odds of the breaks going Boris' way though are higher than Goran's - he's better at everything
Serve & Return
Skimming over the serve a bit other than to say its overwhelmingly strong from both players
Serving patterns near identical -
- to FH - Boris 42%, Goran 40%
- to BH - both 51%
- to Body - Boris 7%, Goran 9%
... and Boris serving at 57% to Goran's 55%
Boris with 22 aces, Goran 21 - both with 2 second serves
Goran has 4 service winners to Boris' 0... that's more a reflection on effort put into returns. Boris more or less does his best to return at all times, Goran occasionally does less than that. Note Goran with a Behind-Back return error. He's aced once trying it too
Double faults - Boris 8, Goran 10
Unreturned rate - Boris 44.8%, Goran 45.5%
With Boris making full effort to return, maybe Goran just edges matters on the serve. Not important, both are deadly is the gist and seperating the two is splitting hairs
Initially, Boris errs a bit in going too close to lines with first serves and missing. No need. Goran runs through aces without doing so. At their power, normal wide placed is more than good enough
Boris adjust to that tune, raises his percentage and is better for it. His ability to stretch and reach some wide returns also causes Goran to go closer to lines at times, thus missing more first serves. He takes to guessing a bit too. Goran doesn't seem to. What do you have to lose by guessing? You wouldn't be able to return a wide serve in either direction from starting point anyway
And reading patterns. Boris runsaround body second serves to hit FHs in deuce court as Goran predictably delivers these. Boris himself has no pattern to predict
Boris perhaps underdoes the body serving. He goes for them more near the end, but for most of match, barely uses them. They're among the most troublesome serves for Goran to return. He regularly can't get out the way and just fends ball off to side or well short of net
The few returns that are put in play almost always leaves easy volleys or groundstrokes at net for the server. Boris is in better position to deal as the server, near enough to net to volley or fall back to hit groundstroke. Goran's more often in awkward no-man's land
Damaging, power or/and low returns are rare. Goran probably gets a few more off
It was Becker's 4th and last title at the event and he defeated the top 3 ranked players in the world in winning it (#3 Michael Stich in the quarters, #1 Sampras in the semis and #2 Ivanisevic). Ivanisevic had beaten Becker in the Wimbledon semis earlier in the year
Becker won 133 points, Ivanisevic 117
Both players serve-volleyed off all first serves. Becker serve-volleyed off all but 8 second serves, Ivanisevic 1
Serve Stats
Becker...
- 1st serve percentage (66/116) 57%
- 1st serve points won (59/66) 89%
- 2nd serve points won (30/50) 60%
- Aces 22 (2 second serves)
- Double Faults 8
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (52/116) 45%
Ivanisevic...
- 1st serve percentage (74/134) 55%
- 1st serve points won (59/74) 80%
- 2nd serve points won (31/60) 52%
- Aces 21 (2 second serves), Service Winners 4
- Double Faults 10
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (61/134) 46%
Serve Patterns
Becker served...
- to FH 42%
- to BH 51%
- to Body 7%
Ivanisevic served...
- to FH 40%
- to BH 51%
- to Body 9%
Return Stats
Becker made...
- 63 (30 FH, 33 BH), including 2 runaround FHs
- 3 Winners (3 BH)
- 36 Errors, all forced...
- 36 Forced (15 FH, 21 BH), including 1 runaround FH
- Return Rate (63/124) 51%
Ivanisevic made...
- 56 (20 FH, 36 BH)
- 3 Winners (1 FH, 2 BH)
- 30 Errors, comprising...
- 1 Unforced (1 BH)
- 29 Forced (11 FH, 17 BH, 1 Behind Back)
- Return Rate (56/108) 52%
Break Points
Becker 2/7 (6 games)
Ivanisevic 1/4 (2 games)
Winners (including returns, excluding serves)
Becker 30 (7 FH, 6 BH, 9 FHV, 7 BHV, 1 OH)
Ivanisevic 30 (4 FH, 7 BH, 4 FHV, 11 BHV, 4 OH)
Becker had 19 from serve-volley points
- 8 first 'volleys' (4 FHV, 2 OH, 2 FH at net)
- 9 second volleys (4 FHV, 4 BHV, 1 OH)
- 2 third volleys (1 FHV, 1 BHV)... the BHV has been included on a shot that most likely bounced twice before opponent hit a FH error
- FHs (all passes) - 1 cc, 1 dtl, 2 inside-out (1 at net) and 1 inside-in/cc
- BHs (all passes) - 3 cc (1 return, 1 net chord clipper) and 3 dtl (2 returns)
Ivanisevic had 20 from serve-volley points
- 10 first 'volleys' (3 FHV, 5 BHV, 1 OH, 1 BH at net)... the BH at net was a net chord dribbling drop shot
- 8 second 'volleys' (1 FHV, 4 BHV, 2 OH, 1 FH at net)... the FH at net was a running-down-drop shot
- 1 third volley (1 BHV)
- 1 fourth volley (1 OH)
- FH passes - 2 inside-out (1 return)
- regular FH - 1 cc
- BH passes - 3 cc, 1 dtl/inside-out and 1 inside-in return
- regular BH - 1 cc return
Errors (excluding serves and returns)
Becker 18
- 5 Unforced (2 BH, 1 FHV, 2 BHV)
- 13 Forced (8 BH, 3 FHV, 1 FH1/2V, 1 BHV)... with 1 BH running-down-drop-shot at net
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 46
Ivanisevic 41
- 17 Unforced (4 FH, 3 BH, 6 FHV, 3 BHV, 1 OH)... with 1 FH pass attempt, 2 FH at net & 1 BH at net
- 24 Forced (11 FH, 4 BH, 1 FH1/2V, 7 BHV, 1 BH1/2V)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 52.9
(Note 1: All 1/2 volleys refer to such shots played at net. 1/2 volleys played from other parts of the court are included within relevant groundstroke numbers)
(Note 2: the Unforced Error Forcefulness Index is an indicator of how aggressive the average UE was. The numbers presented for these two matches are keyed on 4 categories - 20 defensive, 40 neutral, 50 attacking and 60 winner attempt)
Net Points & Serve-Volley
Becker was...
- 65/84 (77%) at net, including...
- 63/78 (81%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 39/46 (85%) off 1st serve and...
- 24/32 (75%) off 2nd serve
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- 0/1 forced back
Ivanisevic was...
- 66/102 (65%) at net, including...
- 65/99 (66%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 36/51 (71%) off 1st serve and...
- 29/48 (60%) off 2nd serve
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- 1/2 forced back/retreated
Match Report
Fast court and overwhelming bulk of match is about humongous serving by both players, supported by virtually 100% serve-volleying that leaves returner with next to no chance. Since both players do it, it largely cancels out. What little play that leaves - mostly easy volleys and very difficult passing chances - Becker is significantly better at (as much for Ivanisevic being not good as Becker being particularly good) and he's maybe shades matters on return too
Both players serve-volley off all first serves. Goran stays back of just 1 second serve (a point he loses), Becker does so 8 times, winning 4. Not that it matters much - he's serve-volleys off 80% second serve points - but why? he's winning 75% serve-volleying (not counting the 2 aces), whereas staying back, point is more in the air. Goran whacks a BH cc return winner on 1 such point and comes to net to pummel away a BHV winner on another. Boris serve-volleys off all second serves on grass unless he has obvious reasons not too... these conditions and the way play goes isn't any different
131/250 or 52.4% of all points are unreturned serves and double faults, divided about equally between the two on both fronts. Both players numbers are all credit to the server... nobody could return much against serving of the sort they both dish out. 18 double faults is high too but its a good bargain for all the cheap unreturned points
With that many unreturned serves, everything else is relegated to back-burner and unlikely to lead break making superiority. Odds of the breaks going Boris' way though are higher than Goran's - he's better at everything
Serve & Return
Skimming over the serve a bit other than to say its overwhelmingly strong from both players
Serving patterns near identical -
- to FH - Boris 42%, Goran 40%
- to BH - both 51%
- to Body - Boris 7%, Goran 9%
... and Boris serving at 57% to Goran's 55%
Boris with 22 aces, Goran 21 - both with 2 second serves
Goran has 4 service winners to Boris' 0... that's more a reflection on effort put into returns. Boris more or less does his best to return at all times, Goran occasionally does less than that. Note Goran with a Behind-Back return error. He's aced once trying it too
Double faults - Boris 8, Goran 10
Unreturned rate - Boris 44.8%, Goran 45.5%
With Boris making full effort to return, maybe Goran just edges matters on the serve. Not important, both are deadly is the gist and seperating the two is splitting hairs
Initially, Boris errs a bit in going too close to lines with first serves and missing. No need. Goran runs through aces without doing so. At their power, normal wide placed is more than good enough
Boris adjust to that tune, raises his percentage and is better for it. His ability to stretch and reach some wide returns also causes Goran to go closer to lines at times, thus missing more first serves. He takes to guessing a bit too. Goran doesn't seem to. What do you have to lose by guessing? You wouldn't be able to return a wide serve in either direction from starting point anyway
And reading patterns. Boris runsaround body second serves to hit FHs in deuce court as Goran predictably delivers these. Boris himself has no pattern to predict
Boris perhaps underdoes the body serving. He goes for them more near the end, but for most of match, barely uses them. They're among the most troublesome serves for Goran to return. He regularly can't get out the way and just fends ball off to side or well short of net
The few returns that are put in play almost always leaves easy volleys or groundstrokes at net for the server. Boris is in better position to deal as the server, near enough to net to volley or fall back to hit groundstroke. Goran's more often in awkward no-man's land
Damaging, power or/and low returns are rare. Goran probably gets a few more off